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Answered Is MigxLoopCollection Natural Sorting Possible?

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    David Pede Reply #1, 10 years, 8 months ago
    Hi,

    I am using MigxLoopCollection to output a list of data that I want to sort numerically. Is there anyway of sorting naturally as my single numbers arn't prefixed with zero? http://php.net/manual/en/function.natsort.php

    This is my sortConfig:
    &sortConfig=`[{"sortby":"photo_number","sortdir":"ASC","sortmode":"numeric"}]`

    The output is ordered like this:
    1
100-107
108
109-110
111
112-114
115
116-120
13-18
19-22
2-4
23-24
25-26
27-29
30
31-32

    Need it in this correct order:
    1
2-4
13-18
19-22
23-24
25-26
27-29
30
31-32
100-107
108
109-110
111
112-114
115
116-120

    This question has been answered by Bruno17. See the first response.

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      Bruno17 Reply #2, 10 years, 8 months ago
      try

      &sortConfig=`[{"sortby":"CAST(photo_number AS SIGNED)"}]`
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        David Pede Reply #3, 10 years, 8 months ago
        Quote from: Bruno17 at Jan 19, 2016, 06:46 AM
        try

        &sortConfig=`[{"sortby":"CAST(photo_number AS SIGNED)"}]`

        Thanks Bruno but no good, strange order now. Any other ideas?

        Oridginal Order:
        &sortConfig=`[{"sortby":"photo_number","sortdir":"ASC","sortmode":"numeric"}]`

1-6
10-14
105-119
120-121
15-22
23-32
33-39
40-43
44-54
55-73
7-9
74-78
79-83
84-88
89-91
92-97
98-104

        New Order:
        &sortConfig=`[{"sortby":"CAST(photo_number AS SIGNED)"}]`

23-32
105-119
10-14
44-54
15-22
1-6
92-97
55-73
74-78
89-91
7-9
33-39
20-121
40-43
79-83
98-104
84-88
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          Bruno17 Reply #4, 10 years, 8 months ago
          this is working for me.

          Tested also this one, to get the second part sorted, too:

          &sortConfig=`[{"sortby":"CAST(SUBSTRING_INDEX(name, '-', 1) AS SIGNED)"},{"sortby":"CAST(SUBSTRING_INDEX(name, '-', -1) AS SIGNED)"}]`


          this is working for me, too
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            http://webcmsolutions.de/migx.html

            Thanks!
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            David Pede Reply #5, 10 years, 8 months ago
            Managed to get both of your solutions working Bruno, thanks ever so much!
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